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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
4
The document proclaims an official newspaper serving the City of American Sumter County Webster County and the Railroad Commission of Georgia for the 4th Congressional District, asserting its role as the official organ for these jurisdictions and bodies.
A compilation from Amécus Georgia and Augusta Herald items notes public indifference in electing legislators, criticism of administration figures, and a teaser about Teenie Weenie Hardwick for Congress. It also mentions General Chaffes labeling the Filipinos traitors and records seven Southern Senators voting against a canal treaty with eight others paired.
Governor Candler vetoed a $447 bill to pay General Kell's widow, calling it a gratuity and unconstitutional. The measure aimed to grant the remainder of Kell's salary for the year. Critics note past vetoes and question consistency amid political patronage debates. Gulf News.
Pittsburg reports a third disaster in 72 hours as seven workers are scalded by exploding boilers at Singer Nimicks West End plant of Crible Steel. Two may die while 20 to 30 others are burned. Causes cited as frozen pipes feeding two boilers. Additional injuries include Charles Miller William George and others.
A reader notes gratitude for Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery after years of pain. Mrs Mattie Long of Prouts Valley Pa shares relief from female weaknesses, nervousness, and discouragement, praising home treatment and the medicines as a blessing. Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are recommended to aid with biliousness and sick headache when a laxative is needed.
In Tifton Georgia on December 23 police officer J L Kirby was killed by Henry Porter as Sparks marshal M J Kinard was wounded. Porter fled as 100 men with dogs hunted him. Kinard and Kirby confronted Porter at Sparks near the railroad depot after Porter's disturbance at a negro house. Porter fired, killing Kirby, wounding Kinard, and escaping amid the alarm. The town is in an uproar as a canine posse seeks the suspect.
A 10 year old daughter of Joseph Collins in Greenville died after clothing caught fire from a grate while playing with her brother. Her mother was away when the flames overwhelmed her. the brother was uninjured. In Atlanta, Bessie Wilson, white, aged years, was badly burned when her skirt ignited in front of an open grate and she may die. In Tacoma, Japanese company to build 16 steamers to augment its fleet. In London frost grips inland counties with deaths and fog halting Thames traffic. In Washington, Georgia, Louis Williams was killed when a falling oak crushed him while he burned brush.
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